In re Mastic Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
829 F.2d 1114 · 1987
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently August 2007
3 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1052 (§ 2 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act)) · 15 U.S.C. § 1126 (§ 44 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Relies on In re E. I. DuPont DeNemours & Co. · Bongrain International Corporation v. Delice De France Inc · In re N.A.D. Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One must look at all of the surrounding circumstances ... to determine if the consent reflects the reality of no likelihood of confusion in the marketplace.... For example, the parties may prefer the simplicity of a consent to the encumbrances of a valid trademark license. However, if the goods of the parties are likely to be attributed to the same source because of the use of the same or a similar mark, a license (not merely a consent) is necessary to cure the conflict. See 1 J. McCarthy, Trademarks and Unfair Competition § 18:25, at 866 (2d ed.1984).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.